'Our patients are dropping like flies': 16,000 dead from COVID-19 in U.S. nursing homes
Under mounting public pressure to increase transparency, more states are now releasing information about the scourge of the coronavirus on nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The data paints a grim picture: more than 16,000 residents and staff have died, roughly a quarter of the nation’s overall deaths. In Maryland, which released a list of facilities with positive cases for the first time this week, 97 residents are infected and 34 have […]
